Annotation:Tibby Fowler o' the Glen (1)
X:1 T:Tibby Fouller o’ the Glen [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:McGlashan – Collection of Strathspey Reels (c. 1781) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin A|D/D/D D2 F>G A>F|G<GG<G A>GA>G|D/D/D D>D F>GA>c|d<f d>c A>G G<A| D/D/D D/D/D F>GA>F|G<G B<G c>G B<G|D/D/D D/D/D F>G A>c|d<f c>A A>G G|| e|f<dc<A f>ga>f|g<gg<g b<g a>g|f<dd<f A>GG>e| f<d c>A f>g a<f|g/g/g g/g/g b<g a>g|f<dc<A f>ga>g|d<fc<f A>G G||
TIBBY/TIBBIE FOWLER/FOULLER O'/IN THE GLEN [1]. AKA and see "Dunrobin Castle (1)." Scottish, English; Strathspey or Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Minor/F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears in one of the earliest Scottish fiddler's MS repertory books, c. 1705, in the private collection of Frances Collinson (1966). A version is also included in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, for which see "Tibby Fowler o' the Glen (2) (The)"), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734," and somewhat later in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (p. 3). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. “Tibby Fowler” is also a Scottish song whose singing was mentioned by Alexander Jaffray in his sketch of the assembly at Aberdeen in 1777 in Recollection of Kingswells. Jaffray gives an account of the various assemblies or country dances and recalls them as convivial affairs:
After the dance, followed a supper, where cheerfulness and good humour prevailed. Those who could sing entertained the company, which remained to a late, or rather early hour...I particularly noticed Mrs. Grant of Caron, a very pleasant sensible woman. Her two songs were "Yowie wi the crookit horn," and "Tibby Fowler in the Glen."